The total volume of seafood sales in the UK fell to 349,982 metric tons in the 12 months ending Feb. 1, 2014 -- a drop of 2 percent compared with the 356,997 metric tons sold a year earlier.

Despite this, consumers spent 4.2 percent more on fish over the same period, boosting the total value of seafood sales to more than £3.2 billion (€3.8 billion/$5.3 billion), up from £3 billion (€3.7 billion/$5.1 billion) a year earlier, according to the latest statistics from market research company Nielsen.

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